US6819262B2 - Parking indication sign for vehicles for disabled persons - Google Patents

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US6819262B2
US6819262B2 US10/333,042 US33304203A US6819262B2 US 6819262 B2 US6819262 B2 US 6819262B2 US 33304203 A US33304203 A US 33304203A US 6819262 B2 US6819262 B2 US 6819262B2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/26—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
    • B60Q1/48—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for parking purposes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/26—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
    • B60Q1/50—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating other intentions or conditions, e.g. request for waiting or overtaking
    • B60Q1/503—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating other intentions or conditions, e.g. request for waiting or overtaking using luminous text or symbol displays in or on the vehicle, e.g. static text
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/26—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
    • B60Q1/50—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating other intentions or conditions, e.g. request for waiting or overtaking
    • B60Q1/544—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating other intentions or conditions, e.g. request for waiting or overtaking for indicating other states or conditions of the vehicle occupants, e.g. for indicating disabled occupants
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q5/00—Arrangement or adaptation of acoustic signal devices
    • B60Q5/005—Arrangement or adaptation of acoustic signal devices automatically actuated

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  • the invention relates to an indication device for a motor vehicle used by a disabled person.
  • the widely used wheelchair driver symbol is used to safeguard against others parking too near to the entry door of vehicles used by disabled persons. While the symbol is visible in daylight, it is still often overlooked because it is not sufficiently conspicuous, and in the dark it is hardly noticeable at all. The problem is thus predominantly one of lack of perception, as a result of which it is often made impossible for persons in a wheelchair to get into their vehicle independently.
  • the invention provides an indication device for a first motor vehicle used by a disabled person, said device comprising:
  • a sign affixed to the first motor vehicle and adapted to display information intended to dissuade an other motorist from parking a second motor vehicle adjacent to a door of the first motor vehicle;
  • At least one detector affixed to the first motor vehicle and adapted to detect a presence of the second motor vehicle adjacent to the door of the first motor vehicle, wherein the at least one detector is adapted to generate a signal upon detecting the second motor vehicle;
  • communication means for communicating the signal from the at least one detector to the sign and the acoustic signal transmitter, prompting the sign to illuminate and display the information and the acoustic signal transmitter to emit an audible warning intended to dissuade the other motorist from parking the second motor vehicle adjacent to the door of the first motor vehicle.
  • the at least one detector comprises at least one distance sensor and/or at least one movement detector.
  • two coupled detectors are affixed to the first motor vehicle at a distance from each other sufficient to minimize simultaneous signal generation by the two detectors in response to adjacent objects smaller than a motor vehicle.
  • the acoustic signal transmitter is a loudspeaker.
  • the communication means comprises at least one electrically conductive cable.
  • the communication means comprises wireless transmitters and wireless receivers.
  • FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the device of the invention affixed to an automobile.
  • the device according to the invention which is affixed to the vehicle used by the disabled person, registers a vehicle which is parking too near and by way of a connection to the lighting system of the sign and to an acoustic signal generator activates both these devices for a set period of time.
  • Lighting which is displayed during close parking is very conspicuous at night.
  • the signal sound is above all used for support during daylight, because it is clearly audible over the short distance by the person leaving the parked car.
  • two ultrasound sensors are fitted to the entry door of the vehicle used by a disabled person, with said sensors being spaced apart by 70 cm. They are set so that if a vehicle parks alongside the vehicle used by the disabled person at a distance which is less than the width of the door, a signal is displayed via a cable on the sign affixed in the interior of the vehicle to the side window.
  • the sign can for example light up or blink for one minute.
  • Such information can also be supported by a gong sound which is audible from the outside, and which is transmitted by a loudspeaker fitted to the sign or fitted on (in) the vehicle.
  • the expression “affixed to the first motor vehicle” encompasses direct and/or indirect, permanent and/or temporary attachment of the object in question to the inside or outside of the first motor vehicle.
  • an acoustic signal transmitter affixed to the first motor vehicle can be affixed to a sign affixed to the first motor vehicle or affixed on (or in) the first motor vehicle, as noted above.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a preferred embodiment of the invention affixed to automobile 2 .
  • FIG. 1 shows automobile 2 from the left side, which is the driver side.
  • the automobile is provided with an indication device 12 , which is normally deactivated. Indication device is visible throut window 6 of door 4 .
  • FIG. 1 also shows two sensors 14 a and 14 b, mounted at the door and being operable to cause indication device 12 to illuminate when the sensors detect an obstacle appearing within a predetermined distance from door 4 .
  • indication device 12 displays a warning (e.g., the wheelchair driver symbol as shown) to maintain a distance from the driver side of automobile 2 more than the width of door 4 .
  • a warning e.g., the wheelchair driver symbol as shown

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